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August 26, 2012

Kokkola INT

A lot has happened this summer, that I haven't gotten around to blog about. Like the fact that we now have puppies! But more about that later, after I get my camera working again. Right now I'd like to tell you about the international show in Kokkola this summer.

We headed out to Kokkola July 7th, with a whole bunch of Akitas to be judged by Mr. Pekka Teini from Finland. With us we had Huurre (Candida's Attention Please), Utu (C's Aurora Borealis), Roku (C's Name of the Game), Tuuli (C's Non-Stop Song) and Lumi (C's October Opal).

Huurre did quite well at his first official show, he got a Very Good and won his class.

Candida's Attention Please "Huurre"

Huurre

Tuuli also got a Very Good and won her class. She and I had very different opinions on how a dog should behave in the show ring... She won :D

Candida's Non-Stop Song "Tuuli"

Tuuli

Lumi got an Excellent, CQ, won the Champion class and was placed 3rd Best Female. Unfortunately we were a little too short-staffed to get any pictures of her from this show.

Utu got an Excellent, CQ, won the Junior class, was placed Best Female and finally Best of Opposite Sex with CAC! For some reason all the shots of her turned out to be horribly overexposed :(

Candida's Aurora Borealis "Utu"

Roku, finally, blew it out of the park with his performance! He got an Excellent, CQ, won the Intermediate class, was placed Best Male and won Best of Breed with CAC and CACIB!

Candida's Name of the Game "Roku"

Roku

BOB Candida's Name of the Game & BOS Candida's Aurora Borealis

And as if all this success wasn't enough for one day, I also had the pleasure of showing my very first breeder's class! Unfortunately, once again, too many hands were needed inside the ring, and none were left free to take a picture. Kennel Candida's ended up getting an Honorary Prize, and was deemed the Best Breeder's Group of the Breed.

This has definitely been one of my proudest moments yet, and all the thanks go to the owners of Candida's Akitas, for taking such good care of them!

June 8, 2012

Hamina & Tampere INT

Apparently I forgot to publish this... :D

A few weeks back we entered two international dog shows in Southern Finland with our Akitas. Hamina INT was on Saturday, and our judge for the day was Mr. Harto Stockmari from Finland. Routa (Razmus Akai Oujisama Go) was placed Best Puppy of the Breed, and Usva (Candida's August Surprise), who made her show debut, was Best Puppy of the Opposite Sex. They both received excellent critiques. Lumi (Candida's October Opal) was placed Best of Opposite Sex. Thanks to Salla Huohvanainen once more for handling Usva on such short notice!

BPOB Razmus Akai Oujisama Go

BPOS Candida's August Surprise

Candida's August Surprise

BPOS and BPOB with our judge, Harto Stockmari

BOS Candida's October Opal

Candida's October Opal

BOB Viribus Unitis Uma Goten & BOS Candida's October Opal

On Sunday it was time to head to Tampere INT with Routa, Utu (Candida's Aurora Borealis), Lumi and Roku (Candida's Name of the Game). Judging Akitas was Mr. Tomas Rohlin from Denmark. He placed Routa as Best Puppy of the Breed again, leaving Utu Best Puppy of the Opposite Sex. Roku got an excellent critique and won the intermediate class. Lumi was handled beautifully by Nyyti Halme (thank you!) and placed 4th Best Female. I also got to handle Akita Pandayan Axuki to BOS and last CAC for her Finnish Championship, and Shiba Yukiguni No Akisamekou to BPOB. Congratulations for both are in order to owner Riina Haapakallio!

BPOB Razmus Akai Oujisama Go

Razmus Akai Oujisama Go

BPOS Candida's Aurora Borealis

Candida's Aurora Borealis

BPOB & BPOS with judge Tomas Rohlin

Candida's Name of the Game

Candida's October Opal

BOS Pandayan Axuki & BOS Kohaku Halne Wzgórze

November 16, 2011

Seinäjoki INT

We headed up to Seinäjoki on October 29th with Kukka (C's Flower Dance). Roku (C's Name of the Game) and Tuuli (C's Non-Stop Song) came with their respective owners,and we also had our friend's American Cocker Tahiti (Heavenly Way's Career Girl) with us. Unfortunately the rings happened to be on at the exact same time, so I couldn't show Tahiti. Luckily we found Merja Koskela to show her, and she ended up placing 2nd best female under judge Mia Sandgren from Sweden. Congrats to Tahiti's owner Marita Kaasalainen and breeder Karita Kempas!

And now to our results. Judging Akitas was Gunilla Sandberg, also from Sweden, and she did not hand out "excellents" to just any dog. Our juniors had a bit too much fun in the ring with me, and neither of them felt like standing still for more than half a second. Roku got a "very good", as did all the males that day. Tuuli got a "good", but seeing as this was only her first official show, we'll see how she turns out later.

Roku, Candida's Name of the Game

Roku

Tuuli, Candida's Non-Stop Song

Tuuli

Kukka had better success in the ring, she made an impression on the judge by behaving herself (unlike the juniors...). She got an "excellent", and was the only Akita to get a CQ (certificate quality), won her class, was placed best female, and finally Best of Breed!

Kukka, Fi CH Candida's Flower Dance winning BOB under Gunilla Sandberg

Kukka

September 19, 2011

Akita specialty show

This Sunday (September 18th) was our specialty show for Akitas in Heinola. Judging was Juha Putkonen from Finland, and we had some nice results. Roku, Candida's Name of the Game, was shown for the very first time. He got an excellent critique, and won his class of three.

Photo by Tiina Sipilä

Photo by Tiina Vuorio

Kukka, Candida's Flower Dance, returned to the show ring after a two-year break. She also got an excellent critique and won her class, and went on to win Best Female and finally Best of Breed!